Speaking: Accidents at Home

 What is the most dangerous thing in your home? How can your home be made less
dangerous?
 What is the most dangerous thing in your home for a child? How can it be made less
dangerous?
 What is the most dangerous thing in your home for an elderly person? How can it be
made less dangerous?
 What dangers can be found in the kitchen that can cause accidents?
 What can be done to prevent kitchen accidents?
 What can a parent do to childproof a kitchen?
 What dangers can be found in bathrooms that can cause accidents?
 What can be done to prevent bathroom accidents?
 What can a parent do to childproof a bathroom?
 What dangers can be found outside the home in the yard that can cause accidents?
 What can be done to prevent yard accidents?
 What can a parent do to childproof the yard?
 What other dangers can be found in a home in bedrooms, laundry rooms, garages,
and living areas?
 What can be done throughout the house to prevent accidents?
 What can a parent do to childproof the different rooms of the home?
 Where at home would you put your first aid kit?
o What would you have in it?
 Where are these items found in a house, why could they be dangerous, to
whom could they be dangerous, and what could someone do to lessen the danger they
present?
o hot pan/pot
o hot curling iron
o knife
o window
o iron
o medicines
o gasoline
o pool
o insecticides
o natural gas
o balcony
o toilets
o staircase
o stove/oven
o stool/ladder
o yard tools
o fireplace
o cellar /attic
o bathtub
o bad dog
o tall pieces of furniture
o swing set / playground
o very clean glass sliding door
o electronic equipment
o cleaning supplies
o lake/retention pond
 o loose carpet on slippery tile floor
o glass table or sharp edged table
o hairdryer
o bric-a-brac
 What do you need to do if...
o you cut your finger preparing food?
o you fall down and can not move a limb?
o your child drinks a poisonous liquid? (discuss syrup of ipecac)
o the toilet is flooding the bathroom?
o a pan on the stove is on fire?
o a neighbor's dog is growling at you?
o our child falls off a chair and is bleeding?
 What is the phone number for the police?
 How do you call an ambulance?
 What is the phone number for poison control?